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(Am I the only one who gags at the word compute being used as a noun? I can’t be the only one.)
by satisfice 2y ago
(Am I the only one who gags at the word compute being used as a noun? I can’t be the only one.)
- davidw 2y agoThat's a key learning from this discussion.
- zonkerdonker 2y agoIt happens often enough in linguistics to have its own name, a deverbal noun. Have a drink, go for a walk, and I guess now "has more compute". As far as modern english language development, seems better than skibidi toilet
- titanomachy 2y agoIt’s been pretty standard jargon in the industry for as long as I’ve been around.
- satisfice 2y agoI’ve been in the industry since 1982. Silicon Valley during the 90’s. Taught and consulted in 26 countries, including for HP and Intel. And the first time I heard compute used as a noun was when ChatGPT came out. Calling a program “a code,” as in “I wrote a code for that.” Is common use at Los Alamos and Scandia labs, which I discovered when I taught there. So I have encountered some linguistic oddities in my career. Maybe “compute” has been thriving in the AI world and I haven’t been there to notice?